01849cam a22002777 4500001000700000003000500007005001700012008004100029100002200070245019100092260006600283490004200349500001900391520061300410530006101023538007201084538003601156690006001192690008201252700002501334700001801359710004201377830007701419856003801496856003701534w18603NBER20180524155026.0180524s2012 mau||||fs|||| 000 0 eng d1 aBurda, Michael C.10aCyclical Variation in Labor Hours and Productivity Using the ATUSh[electronic resource] /cMichael C. Burda, Daniel S. Hamermesh, Jay Stewart. aCambridge, Mass.bNational Bureau of Economic Researchc2012.1 aNBER working paper seriesvno. w18603 aDecember 2012.3 aWe examine monthly variation in weekly work hours using data for 2003-10 from the Current Population Survey (CPS) on hours/worker, from the Current Employment Survey (CES) on hours/job, and from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) on both. The ATUS data minimize recall difficulties and constrain hours of work to accord with total available time. The ATUS hours/worker are less cyclical than the CPS series, but the hours/job are more cyclical than the CES series. We present alternative estimates of productivity based on ATUS data and find that it is more pro-cyclical than other productivity measures. aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers. aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files. aMode of access: World Wide Web. 7aE23 - Production2Journal of Economic Literature class. 7aJ22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply2Journal of Economic Literature class.1 aHamermesh, Daniel S.1 aStewart, Jay.2 aNational Bureau of Economic Research. 0aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)vno. w18603.4 uhttp://www.nber.org/papers/w1860341uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w18603